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Dakota Access company takes its battle to finish oil pipeline to courthttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/06/dakota-access-pipeline-energy-transfer-partners-standing-rock-court
<p>Move comes after Energy Transfer Partners was denied a key permit to drill under the Missouri river, and as Standing Rock leader urges protesters to go home</p><p>Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Dakota Access pipeline, has responded to the Army Corps of Engineers’ denial of a key permit by asking a federal judge to allow it to drill under the Missouri river immediately. </p><p>The court filing came as thousands of activists remained at the Standing Rock encampments, despite being buffeted by a blizzard and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/06/standing-rock-protesters-asked-to-go-home-by-sioux-leader">a plea from a tribal council leader</a> for them to return home.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/06/standing-rock-protest-success-demonstrations">The light from Standing Rock: beautiful struggle shows the power of protest</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/03/north-dakota-access-oil-pipeline-protests-explainer">Dakota Access pipeline: the who, what and why of the Standing Rock protests</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/06/dakota-access-pipeline-energy-transfer-partners-standing-rock-court">Continue reading...</a>Dakota Access pipelineNorth DakotaUS newsOilOilEnvironmentNative AmericansProtestEnergyWed, 07 Dec 2016 00:32:41 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/06/dakota-access-pipeline-energy-transfer-partners-standing-rock-courtPhotograph: Scott Olson/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Scott Olson/Getty ImagesJulia Carrie Wong in Cannon Ball, North Dakota2016-12-07T00:32:41ZStanding Rock: blizzard hits protesters as controversial pipeline halted – in pictureshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2016/dec/06/standing-rock-blizzard-hits-protesters-as-controversial-pipeline-halted-in-pictures
<p>Over the weekend, military veterans joined Native Americans and activists at the camp in North Dakota – now amid heavy snow – where they’ve spent months trying to stop construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. Then, on Sunday, the US Army Corps of Engineers announced it would not allow the pipeline to run under a lake on the Sioux Tribes Standing Rock reservation. It remains to be seen whether the decision will be reversed next year when Donald Trump becomes president. The proposed 1,172-mile-long pipeline would transport oil from the North Dakota Bakken region through South Dakota, Iowa and into Illinois. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2016/dec/06/standing-rock-blizzard-hits-protesters-as-controversial-pipeline-halted-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a>Dakota Access pipelineProtestOilEnvironmentNative AmericansNorth DakotaUS newsWorld newsEnergyFossil fuelsTue, 06 Dec 2016 07:30:30 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2016/dec/06/standing-rock-blizzard-hits-protesters-as-controversial-pipeline-halted-in-picturesPhotograph: Lucas Jackson/ReutersPhotograph: Lucas Jackson/ReutersArnel Hecimovic2016-12-06T07:30:30ZOgoni king: Shell oil is killing my peoplehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/03/ogoni-king-shell-oil-is-killing-my-people
<p>King Emere was in a London court last week for the case that he hopes will allow him to sue Shell in the UK for polluting his tribal land</p><p>His Royal Highness Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi, the paramount ruler and hereditary king of the Ogale community in the oil-rich Niger delta, is ready to explode.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/04/shell-nigeria-oil-pollution-clean-up-amnesty">Shell and Nigeria have failed on oil pollution clean-up, Amnesty says</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/03/ogoni-king-shell-oil-is-killing-my-people">Continue reading...</a>NigeriaAfricaWorld newsUK newsRoyal Dutch ShellBusinessOilCommoditiesOil and gas companiesEnergy industryOilOil spillsEnergyEnvironmentFossil fuelsPollutionLawGlobal developmentSat, 03 Dec 2016 19:45:50 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/03/ogoni-king-shell-oil-is-killing-my-peoplePhotograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty ImagesJohn Vidal2016-12-03T19:45:50ZTrump supports Dakota pipeline – but claims it's not due to his investment in ithttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/02/donald-trump-dakota-access-pipeline-support-investment
<p>Transition team says that the president-elect’s endorsement of the controversial Dakota Access pipeline ‘has nothing to do with his personal investments’</p><p>Donald Trump has said he supports <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/29/standing-rock-protest-north-dakota-shutdown-evacuation">a controversial oil pipeline</a> that runs next to a Native American reservation in North Dakota – a project that the president-elect is personally invested in.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/26/donald-trump-dakota-access-pipeline-investment-energy-transfer-partners">Dakota Access pipeline company and Donald Trump have close financial ties</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/30/standing-rock-indigenous-people-history-north-dakota-access-pipeline-protest">'We opened eyes': at Standing Rock, my fellow Native Americans make history</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/02/donald-trump-dakota-access-pipeline-support-investment">Continue reading...</a>Dakota Access pipelineDonald TrumpNorth DakotaUS politicsEnergyEnvironmentUS newsOilNative AmericansFri, 02 Dec 2016 17:33:26 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/02/donald-trump-dakota-access-pipeline-support-investmentPhotograph: David Goldman/APPhotograph: David Goldman/APOliver Milman in New York2016-12-02T17:33:26ZGreat Australian Bight oil drilling plans too 'technical' for FoI release, says regulatorhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/02/great-australian-bight-oil-drilling-plans-too-technical-for-foi-release-says-regulator
<p>National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority censors documents sought by Greenpeace</p><p>Australia’s offshore oil regulator is censoring documents about BP’s plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight on the grounds that environmental campaigners could use the information to “oppose all drilling activities” there – and that the plans are too “technical” for the public to understand.</p><p>Nathaniel Pelle, a Greenpeace campaign who requested the documents under freedom of information laws, said the decision hindered democratic debate.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/14/greens-push-to-outlaw-all-mining-in-great-australian-bight">Greens push to outlaw all mining in Great Australian Bight</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/28/assessment-of-bps-bight-oil-drill-plan-secretive-and-weak-senate-told">Assessment of BP’s Bight oil drill plan secretive and weak, Senate told</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/02/great-australian-bight-oil-drilling-plans-too-technical-for-foi-release-says-regulator">Continue reading...</a>OilOilBPEnvironmentFossil fuelsGreenpeaceFreedom of informationAustralia newsActivismFri, 02 Dec 2016 02:33:13 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/02/great-australian-bight-oil-drilling-plans-too-technical-for-foi-release-says-regulatorPhotograph: Sarah Hanson-YoungPhotograph: Sarah Hanson-YoungMichael Slezak2016-12-02T02:33:13Z'We opened eyes': at Standing Rock, my fellow Native Americans make historyhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/30/standing-rock-indigenous-people-history-north-dakota-access-pipeline-protest
<p>As an Indigenous American, <strong>Joe Whittle</strong> never questioned his need to travel to Standing Rock. The resolve he saw to protect a sacred space was transformative</p><p>As an Indigenous American, there was never any question of whether I should travel to Standing Rock or not. I needed to witness firsthand what was happening there, and wanted to offer solidarity to those fighting for the right of tribes to exercise agency over their own futures.</p><p>Only one problem remained: I had to find a way to go.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/28/standing-rock-protests-neil-young">The Standing Rock protests are a symbolic moment | Neil Young and Daryl Hannah</a> </p><p>My own daughter was fired at with rubber bullets while kneeling on the ground praying</p><p>My friend was shot with a rubber bullet right next to me. We were bringing blankets to the folks who were getting sprayed with water/chemical combo, because it was freezing cold and the cops were literally putting the people at risk of dying; spraying water on people in this weather is trying to kill them. I watched one man get carried out after getting sprayed, water on his beard looked frozen, he needed help to lift his legs up over the guardrail to get to the van, it didn’t look like he could do it on his own. We knelt to pray on the earth and that’s when they shot, and got my friend. </p><p>Her auntie took care of us; she swiftly and strongly guided us back to the van where she was taken to the medics. She was a badass warrior.</p><p> The women are all holding it down, that needs to be clear. They are the ones who get forgotten about in these movements, their importance needs to be emphasized. My friend and her auntie were treated dismissively at the ER in Bismarck, and a nurse said ‘that’ll teach you’ when they told her how she was injured.</p><p>It was needed. I think that’s how we can change the world – by everybody coming together</p><p>Upon suffering beyond suffering, the Red Nation shall rise again and it shall be a blessing for a sick world. A world filled with broken promises, selfishness and separations. A world longing for light again. I see a time of seven generations when all the colors of mankind will gather under the sacred Tree of Life and the whole Earth will become one circle again. In that day there will be those among the Lakota who will carry knowledge and understanding of unity among all living things, and the young white ones will come to those of my people and ask for this wisdom.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/03/north-dakota-access-oil-pipeline-protests-explainer">Dakota Access pipeline: the who, what and why of the Standing Rock protests</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/30/standing-rock-indigenous-people-history-north-dakota-access-pipeline-protest">Continue reading...</a>Dakota Access pipelineNorth DakotaNative AmericansIndigenous peoplesEnvironmentOilEnergyFossil fuelsWed, 30 Nov 2016 11:00:15 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/30/standing-rock-indigenous-people-history-north-dakota-access-pipeline-protestPhotograph: Joe Whittle/Joe Whittle for The GuardianPhotograph: Joe Whittle/Joe Whittle for The GuardianJoe Whittle at the Oceti Sakowin camp, North Dakota2016-11-30T11:00:15ZFrightened by Donald Trump? You don’t know the half of it | George Monbiothttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/30/donald-trump-george-monbiot-misinformation
<p>Many of his staffers are from an opaque corporate misinformation network. We must understand this if we are to have any hope of fighting back against them</p><p>Yes, Donald Trump’s politics are incoherent. But those who surround him know just what they want, and his lack of clarity enhances their power. To understand what is coming, we need to understand who they are. I know all too well, because I have spent the past 15 years fighting them.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/23/donald-trump-climate-change-war">Trump’s climate denial is just one of the forces that point towards war | George Monbiot</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/30/donald-trump-george-monbiot-misinformation">Continue reading...</a>Donald TrumpClimate changeTrump administrationThinktanksLobbyingOilCoalTobacco industryUS politicsUS newsFossil fuelsEnvironmentWed, 30 Nov 2016 06:00:09 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/30/donald-trump-george-monbiot-misinformationPhotograph: Jonathan BeckerPhotograph: Jonathan BeckerGeorge Monbiot2016-11-30T06:00:09ZCanada approves controversial Kinder Morgan oil pipelinehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/29/canada-approves-kinder-morgan-oil-pipeline-justin-trudeau
<ul><li>Justin Trudeau blocks Northern Gateway pipeline through rain forest</li><li>Infrastructure will help exports reach Asia and reduce reliance on US</li></ul><p>Canada has approved Kinder Morgan Inc’s hotly contested plan to twin a pipeline from the Alberta oil sands to the Pacific coast, setting up a battle with environmentalists who helped elect the prime minister, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/justin-trudeau">Justin Trudeau</a>.<br></p><p> The Liberal government, seeking to balance demands from both greens and the energy industry, said allowing Kinder Morgan to build a second pipeline next to its existing Trans Mountain line will help ensure oil exports reach Asia and reduce reliance on the US market. </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/16/canada-oil-pipeline-expansion-killer-whales-kinder-morgan">Big oil v orcas: Canadians fight pipeline that threatens killer whales on the brink</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/29/canada-approves-kinder-morgan-oil-pipeline-justin-trudeau">Continue reading...</a>CanadaOilOilAmericasBusinessFossil fuelsWorld newsEnvironmentJustin TrudeauWed, 30 Nov 2016 00:02:21 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/29/canada-approves-kinder-morgan-oil-pipeline-justin-trudeauPhotograph: HANDOUT/ReutersPhotograph: HANDOUT/ReutersAshifa Kassam in Toronto and agencies2016-11-30T00:02:21ZStanding Rock: army engineer corps order closure of protest camp, tribe sayshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/26/us-army-orders-eviction-of-dakota-protesters-camp-tribe-says
<p>Army corps of engineers says the main encampment must be cleared in nine days because of the onset of winter weather</p><p>The US army corps of engineers has ordered the closure of the main encampment established by activists opposing the Dakota Access pipeline, according to a letter released by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. </p><p>Citing federal regulations governing public lands, Colonel John W Henderson of the army corps of engineers wrote to the Standing Rock Sioux tribal chairman, Dave Archambault, that he was ordering the closure by 5 December.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/22/standing-rock-protests-taste-of-things-to-come-donald-trump">The Standing Rock protests are a taste of things to come | Kate Aronoff</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/26/us-army-orders-eviction-of-dakota-protesters-camp-tribe-says">Continue reading...</a>Dakota Access pipelineUS newsNorth DakotaEnvironmentOilSat, 26 Nov 2016 13:07:37 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/26/us-army-orders-eviction-of-dakota-protesters-camp-tribe-saysPhotograph: ZUMA Wire/REX/ShutterstockPhotograph: ZUMA Wire/REX/ShutterstockJulia Carrie Wong2016-11-26T13:07:37ZOil and gas companies in North America less green than those in EUhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/22/oil-gas-companies-us-exxonmobil-chevron-co2-green-european
<p>ExxonMobil and Chevron among worst in terms of CO<sub>2</sub> emissions and investment in renewables, according to research</p><p>Oil and gas companies in North America are lagging behind their European counterparts in cleaning up their operations, new research has found, with higher greenhouse gas emissions and less investment in clean alternatives.</p><p>ExxonMobil and Chevron of the US, alongside Canada’s Suncor, ranked lowest in a review conducted by the <a draggable="true" href="https://www.cdp.net/en">Carbon Disclosure Project</a> (CDP) of 11 of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies. At the top of the table came Statoil of Norway, Italy’s Eni and the French company Total.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/13/the-guardian-view-on-climate-change-trump-spells-disaster">The Guardian view on climate change: Trump spells disaster | Editorial</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/22/oil-gas-companies-us-exxonmobil-chevron-co2-green-european">Continue reading...</a>OilEnergyEnvironmentFossil fuelsExxon MobilChevronOilOil and gas companiesClimate changeEuropeUS newsCanadaRenewable energyEnergy industryWorld newsTue, 22 Nov 2016 00:01:20 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/22/oil-gas-companies-us-exxonmobil-chevron-co2-green-europeanPhotograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty ImagesFiona Harvey Environment correspondent2016-11-22T00:01:20ZObama puts Arctic Ocean off limits for drilling in last-ditch barrier to Trumphttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/18/obama-arctic-ocean-drilling-fossil-fuels-trump
<p>US Department of the Interior says ‘fragile and unique’ Arctic ecosystem at risk if drilling allowed, possibly by pro-fossil fuels Trump administration</p><p>Barack Obama’s administration has ruled out drilling for oil and gas in the pristine Arctic Ocean, throwing up a last-ditch barrier to the pro-fossil fuels agenda of incoming president Donald Trump.</p><p> The US Department of the Interior said that the “fragile and unique” Arctic ecosystem would face “significant risks” if drilling were allowed in the Chukchi or Beaufort Seas, which lie off Alaska. It added that the high costs of exploration, combined with a low oil price, would probably deter fossil fuel companies anyway.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/18/global-green-movement-prepares-to-fight-trump-on-climate-change">Global green movement prepares to fight Trump on climate change</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/18/obama-arctic-ocean-drilling-fossil-fuels-trump">Continue reading...</a>Fossil fuelsOilBarack ObamaArcticEnvironmentGasEnergyUS newsFri, 18 Nov 2016 19:14:33 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/18/obama-arctic-ocean-drilling-fossil-fuels-trumpPhotograph: Alamy Stock PhotoPhotograph: Alamy Stock PhotoOliver Milman in New York2016-11-18T19:14:33ZHuge deposit of untapped oil could be largest ever discovered in UShttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/17/untapped-oil-texas-permian-basin-900-billion
<p>Estimated 20bn barrels of oil found in Texas’s Permian Basin, three times larger than the Bakken oilfields of North Dakota, could be worth as much as $900bn</p><p>A huge deposit of untapped oil, possibly the largest ever discovered in the US, has been identified by the US Geological Survey (USGS) in west Texas.<br></p><p>The USGS <a href="https://www.usgs.gov/news/usgs-estimates-20-billion-barrels-oil-texas-wolfcamp-shale-formation">estimated</a> that 20bn barrels of oil was contained within layers of shale in the Permian Basin, a vast geological formation that stretches across western Texas and an area of New Mexico. The discovery is three times larger than the Bakken oilfields of North Dakota and is worth around $900bn.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/17/untapped-oil-texas-permian-basin-900-billion">Continue reading...</a>OilTexasEnvironmentUS newsFossil fuelsThu, 17 Nov 2016 21:16:39 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/17/untapped-oil-texas-permian-basin-900-billionPhotograph: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesOliver Milman2016-11-17T21:16:39ZBig oil v orcas: Canadians fight pipeline that threatens killer whales on the brinkhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/16/canada-oil-pipeline-expansion-killer-whales-kinder-morgan
<p>Conservationists say the proposed Trans Mountain Expansion project poses the greatest risk yet to a killer whale population on the edge of extinction</p><p>On one shore there are snow-capped mountains. On the other side loom towering skyscrapers. These churning waters off the coast of Vancouver are marked by a constant flow of ferries and containers ships – but they are also home to 80 or so orcas.</p><p>Known as the <a href="https://www.epa.gov/salish-sea/southern-resident-killer-whales">southern resident killer whales</a> the group has long had a fraught relationship with the urban sprawl they live alongside, leaving them on the knife’s edge of extinction.</p><p>The approval of the project is also the approval of the extinction of the population. No one is disputing it</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/feb/08/shipping-noises-chronic-stress-whales">Shipping causes 'chronic stress' to whales</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/23/canada-pipeline-project-us-tribal-rights-kinder-morgan-trans-mountain">Proposed Canada pipeline project would threaten US tribal rights, lawyer says</a> </p><p>One accident and the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people would be destroyed forever</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/16/canada-oil-pipeline-expansion-killer-whales-kinder-morgan">Continue reading...</a>CanadaConservationWhalesMarine lifeWildlifeAmericasEnvironmentOilOil and gas companiesOilOceansCetaceansWed, 16 Nov 2016 11:00:17 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/16/canada-oil-pipeline-expansion-killer-whales-kinder-morganPhotograph: Alamy Stock PhotoPhotograph: Alamy Stock PhotoAshifa Kassam in Vancouver2016-11-16T11:00:17ZNative American North Dakota oil pipeline protesters: 'We refuse to be Trumped' – videohttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2016/nov/14/native-american-north-dakota-oil-pipeline-protesters-we-refuse-to-be-trumped-video
<p>Native Americans fear that the Dakota Access oil pipeline – a $3.7bn project that would carry crude oil from the Bakken oil field in North Dakota to a refinery in Patoka, Illinois – would contaminate sacred lands and their water supply from the Missouri river. Here, protesters at a camp near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation give their views on what the election of Donald Trump might mean for their campaign</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2016/nov/14/native-american-north-dakota-oil-pipeline-protesters-we-refuse-to-be-trumped-video">Continue reading...</a>Dakota Access pipelineNorth DakotaProtestEnvironmentOilUS newsFossil fuelsWorld newsEnergyDonald TrumpMon, 14 Nov 2016 12:00:46 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2016/nov/14/native-american-north-dakota-oil-pipeline-protesters-we-refuse-to-be-trumped-videoPhotograph: GuardianPhotograph: GuardianCulturunners and Sara Lafleur-Vetter2016-11-14T12:00:46ZDakota pipeline operator to defy Obama and prepare for final phase of drillinghttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/08/dakota-access-pipeline-project-continues-operator-oil-obama
<p>Energy Transfer Partners says it’s ‘mobilizing drilling equipment’ to tunnel under Lake Oahe, which activists describe as ‘unconscionable and devastating’</p><p>Support our fearless, independent journalism by making <a href="https://contribute.theguardian.com/home?INTCMP=_co_us_editorial_standfirst_USDakotaOperatorDefyObama_Wong_8_nov">a contribution</a> or <a href="https://membership.theguardian.com/supporter?INTCMP=_mem_us_editorial_standfirst_USDakotaOperatorDefyObama_Wong_8_nov">becoming a member</a></p><p>The Dakota Access pipeline operator chose the day of the US presidential <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/nov/08/us-election-2016-polls-trump-clinton-results-live">election</a> to announce that the final phase of its controversial construction project will begin in two weeks – marking a bold escalation in its response to the Native American protests.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/03/north-dakota-access-oil-pipeline-protests-explainer">Dakota Access pipeline: the who, what and why of the Standing Rock protests</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/08/dakota-access-pipeline-project-continues-operator-oil-obama">Continue reading...</a>Dakota Access pipelineNorth DakotaNative AmericansUS newsOilOil and gas companiesEnergy industryEnvironmentBusinessWorld newsOilTue, 08 Nov 2016 22:45:08 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/08/dakota-access-pipeline-project-continues-operator-oil-obamaPhotograph: Stephanie Keith/ReutersPhotograph: Stephanie Keith/ReutersJulia Carrie Wong in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, and Sam Levin in San Francisco2016-11-08T22:45:08ZL&G launches fund to invest in new FTSE climate indexhttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/07/lg-launches-fund-to-invest-in-new-ftse-climate-index
<p>The UK’s largest asset manager will encourage companies to tackle climate change and sell shares in those that do not</p><p>The UK’s largest asset manager is to use its muscle as an investor to promote a green agenda by urging companies to tackle climate change and selling shares in those that do not.</p><p>In a move that echoes a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/oct/27/investment-advice-retirement-portfolio-tips-climate-change-financial-risk">growing belief among investors</a> that climate change poses financial as well as environmental risks, Legal &amp; General Investment Management launched the Future World Fund.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/07/lg-launches-fund-to-invest-in-new-ftse-climate-index">Continue reading...</a>Legal and GeneralInvestment fundsEnvironmentBusinessMoneyFossil fuelsOilOilCoalUK newsMon, 07 Nov 2016 18:37:24 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/07/lg-launches-fund-to-invest-in-new-ftse-climate-indexPhotograph: AlamyPhotograph: AlamyRob Davies2016-11-07T18:37:24ZOil firms announce $1bn climate fund to clean up gashttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/04/oil-firms-announce-1bn-green-fund-as-paris-climate-deal-comes-into-force
<p>Analysts criticise fund – which focuses on cutting the impact of fossil fuels but will not support renewable energy - calling it a ‘drop in the ocean’ </p><p>A <a href="http://www.oilandgasclimateinitiative.com/news/announcing-ogci-climate-investments">$1bn fund</a> for cutting the climate change impact of oil and gas has been announced by 10 of the world’s biggest oil companies, aimed at keeping the firms in business and cutting the burning of coal. </p><p>Global action to cut carbon emissions threaten the future of the oil industry and the fund was revealed on the day the global <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/04/paris-climate-change-agreement-enters-into-force">Paris climate change agreement came into force</a>. But analysts called the sum a “drop in the ocean” which showed the companies were not serious in tackling global warming.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/04/oil-firms-announce-1bn-green-fund-as-paris-climate-deal-comes-into-force">Continue reading...</a>OilClimate changeFossil fuelsEnergyEnvironmentGreenhouse gas emissionsCarbon capture and storage (CCS)CoalWorld newsParis climate agreementFri, 04 Nov 2016 12:10:06 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/04/oil-firms-announce-1bn-green-fund-as-paris-climate-deal-comes-into-forcePhotograph: Jae C. Hong/APPhotograph: Jae C. Hong/APDamian Carrington2016-11-04T12:10:06ZDakota Access pipeline: police fire rubber bullets and mace activists during water protesthttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/02/dakota-access-pipeline-protest-arrests-standing-rock
<p>Sheriff’s office said police were in a ‘standoff with protesters’ while activists say protesters were peaceful, raising concerns about more arrests and clashes</p><ul><li>Support our independent journalism with a <a href="https://contribute.theguardian.com/home?INTCMP=co_us_editorial_footer_USDAPLStandoff">contribution</a> or by <a href="https://membership.theguardian.com/supporter?INTCMP=gdnwb_copts_editorial_mem_USDAPLStandoff_standfirst">becoming a member</a></li></ul><p>The US army corps of engineers ordered North Dakota police to arrest Native American protesters and destroy a bridge that activists built over a creek at the center of the increasingly tense Dakota Access pipeline demonstrations.</p><p>The Morton County sheriff’s office announced on Wednesday that police were in a “standoff with protesters on the banks of the Cantapeta Creek” while activists said they were engaged in a peaceful water ceremony.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/31/dakota-access-pipeline-protest-investigation-human-rights-abuses">Dakota Access pipeline protests: UN group investigates human rights abuses</a> </p><p>Everyone is pretty stressed out at this point. You might want to call it a surprise attack</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/02/dakota-access-pipeline-protest-arrests-standing-rock">Continue reading...</a>Dakota Access pipelineNorth DakotaUS newsNative AmericansOilEnvironmentThu, 03 Nov 2016 17:30:34 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/02/dakota-access-pipeline-protest-arrests-standing-rockPhotograph: STRINGER/ReutersPhotograph: STRINGER/ReutersSam Levin and Nicky Woolf in San Francisco2016-11-03T17:30:34ZObama's Dakota pipeline response 'puts lives in danger', government official sayshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/02/dakota-access-pipeline-protests-barack-obama-response
<p>As a tense standoff continued, a government official accused the president of allowing Native American activists to ‘keep escalating violent activities’</p><ul><li>Support our independent journalism with a <a href="https://contribute.theguardian.com/home?INTCMP=co_us_editorial_standfirst_USDakotaOfficialCondemnsObama">contribution</a> or by <a href="https://membership.theguardian.com/supporter?INTCMP=gdnwb_copts_editorial_mem_USDakotaOfficialCondemnsObama_standfirst">becoming a member</a></li></ul><p>A North Dakota government official has condemned Barack Obama for his <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/02/dakota-access-obama-suggests-ways-to-reroute-pipeline-being-investigated">response to the Dakota Access pipeline protests</a>, accusing the president of allowing Native American activists to “keep escalating their violent activities”. </p><p>As a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/02/dakota-access-pipeline-protest-arrests-standing-rock">tense standoff</a> between protesters and police continued on Wednesday afternoon, Cody Schulz, chairman of the Morton County commission, slammed Obama for <a href="https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/793641140184461313">saying</a> he was monitoring the situation and was “going to let it play out for several more weeks and determine whether or not this can be resolved in a way that I think is properly attentive to the traditions of the first Americans”.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/02/dakota-access-pipeline-protest-arrests-standing-rock">Police ordered to arrest Dakota pipeline protesters and destroy bridge they built</a> </p><p>Given the recent escalation of violence by protesters, letting the situation ‘play out’ is ... putting lives in danger</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/02/dakota-access-pipeline-protests-barack-obama-response">Continue reading...</a>Dakota Access pipelineBarack ObamaNorth DakotaUS newsNative AmericansOilEnvironmentWed, 02 Nov 2016 20:26:08 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/02/dakota-access-pipeline-protests-barack-obama-responsePhotograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesSam Levin in San Francisco2016-11-02T20:26:08ZOil drilling caused killer earthquake in boomtime California, scientists suspecthttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/02/oil-drilling-caused-killer-earthquake-in-boomtime-california-scientists-suspect
<p>Long Beach quake of 1933 in which up to 120 people died is among several possibly linked with early extraction methods</p><p>Several damaging Los Angeles-area earthquakes of the 1920s and 1930s, including the deadliest ever in southern California, may have been brought on by oil production during the region’s drilling boom of that era, US government scientists have reported.<br></p><p> The findings of a possible link between oil extraction and seismic events in the LA basin do not apply to modern industry practices but suggest the natural rate of quake occurrences in the region may be lower than previously calculated, the scientists said.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/29/oklahoma-kansas-earthquake-risk-california-oil-gas-production">Parts of Oklahoma and Kansas now face earthquake risk on par with California</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/02/oil-drilling-caused-killer-earthquake-in-boomtime-california-scientists-suspect">Continue reading...</a>OilEarthquakesEnvironmentNatural disasters and extreme weatherWorld newsWed, 02 Nov 2016 01:20:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/02/oil-drilling-caused-killer-earthquake-in-boomtime-california-scientists-suspectPhotograph: Lt. Charles A. Pierce/APPhotograph: Lt. Charles A. Pierce/APReuters in Los Angeles2016-11-02T01:20:00Z